Plant Pisum sativum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pea

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	4950.0	23415.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Shoot	not available	22.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.8	8.3	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	3.6	18.2	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Root	not available	59.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Shoot	not available	94.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	82.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	2.0	23.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Seed	0.2	12.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
CADAVERINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	430.0	4253.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	10200.0	14100.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	230.0	1700.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antigoiter	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	3	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	5	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *